Receptacle.



J. E. P. FENDER.

RECEPTAQLE. APPLICATION FILE-D MAILZO. I917.

Patented Oct. 16', 1917.

M a?? Q JAMES E. P. FENDER, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO GORHAM MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, A CORPORATION OF RHODE ISLAND.

BECEPTACLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 16, 1917.

Application filed March 20, 1917. Serial No. 156,184.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES E. P. FENDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in receptacles and particularly to an improved lock especially adapted for cigarette cases, although susceptible for use on card cases, bags having frames and various structures.

The invention resides in a spring mounting for and the construction of a slidably mounted lock, and it consists in a flat leaflike resilient body which is supported at its ends and provided with a laterally extending catch part adapted for engaging a keeper, and an operating button or bar carried by the spring body and slidably guided on the receptacle body for being depressed to flex the spring body and thereby disengage its catch from its keeper.

The invention further resides in the features of construction and arrangements and combinations of parts hereinafter described and claimed reference being had to the accompanying drawings wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cigarette case embodying the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a transverse section thereof showing the lock in elevation.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary section on line 33 of Fig. 1 showing the lock in transverse section.

Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the lock on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2 showing a catch part engaged with its keeper.

Fig. 5 is a view looking into the body of the receptacle and showing the lock in front elevation, the receptacle body being broken.

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Fig. 6 is a similar view of the cover of the receptacle showing the keeper.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the receptacle comprises a body section 1 and a cover section 2 hingedly connected at 3 and adapted to be held closed by the lock constituting the subject matter of the present invention. Each section is provided with an inwardly directed border flange 4, the flange of the cover section being recessed, as at 5, to receive the catch parts 6 and serve as a keeper therefor.

,The lock consists of a flat leaf spring 7 which is concealed between the body section and its border flange and is retained in position by a pair of retaining lugs or bearings 8,0ne bar being arranged adjacent each end of the spring 7 to freely support the same, said spring ends constituting leaf arms for yieldably supporting the look. A pair of spaced catches 6 are integrally formed on the'spring to project laterally therefrom and engage the keeper flange 4 of the cover section, as depicted in Figs. 2 and 4. Intermediate the spaced catches, the resilient and yieldable body is formed with a T-shaped wing 9 on which is secured a push button or bar 10 that is substantially H-shaped in cross section, having its sides 'formedwith grooves that register with the grooves provided on opposite sides of the T-wing by reason of its shape.

The meeting edges of the body and cover are cut away to form pockets 11, and in the pocket of the body is slidably disposed the push bar 10, being guided by the inwardly extending flange tongues 12 engaging in the grooves of said bar.

The cover flange 4 is turned inwardly, on opposite sides of the pocket 11, to form end walls for the latter, as shown at 13 in Fig. 2, the push bar being received in said cover pocket when the receptacle is closed.

To open the receptacle the push bar is depressed to bow the spring 7 and carry the catches 6 away from their keepers. The ends of the spring, being freely supported, will slide on the bars to permit the spring to be bowed and the catches to be disengaged. The spring hinge 3 may be assisted in opening the cover by lifting on the finger hold 14 which may be of any suitable form.

The push bar is normally flush with the outer surface of the body, thereby eliminating the projecting parts, and being centrally arranged on the spring, the catches on the opposite sides will be uniformly and evenly depressed without exerting undue strain on said resilient body.

While the drawings illustrate the present invention applied to a cigarette case, it is obvious that it may be embodied in card cases, hand bags having frames, and various other forms of receptacles without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. In a receptacle, a body section, a cover section hinged thereto, said sections having border flanges and provided in their meeting edges with opposing pockets, the border flange of the body section extending into the respective pocket from opposite sides, locking means carried by the body section to engage the flange of the cover section as a keeper, said means including a push bar disposed in the pocket of the body section and having its sides grooved to slidably receive the border flange extensions, that portion of the push bar outwardly from the retaining flange extensions being guidably received by the pocket of the cover section.

2. In a receptacle, a body section, a cover section hinged thereto, said sections having border flanges and provided in their meeting edges with opposing pockets, a leaf spring body carried by the body section beneath its border flange, a catch on the spring to engage the flange of the cover section asa keeper, means freely supporting each end of the spring, a push bar 'slidably arranged in the section pockets and seating on the spring body so as to lie normally flush with the outer face of the sections, said push bar having its opposite sides grooved, I and Y tongues extending inwardly from the opposite sides of the body section pocketinto the grooves of the push bar.

3. A receptacle comprising hingedly connected sections havlng opposing pockets name to thisspecification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES E. P. FENDER.

Witnesses: I

ADA E. HAGERTY, J. A. MILLER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,v

Washington, I). G. i 

